Winter Suisun Food Webs

Introductions

Aurora Nelson (she/her)

● Junior
● Marine biology major

Aina Hori (she/her)

● Junior
● Marine biology major
Dichotomous Key
Invertebrate

Has Antennae & Legs No Antennae & Legs

Cauda Present Cauda Not Present Parapodia Parapodia

Present Not
Present

Found on Found on
Phragmites Vegetable Found in Marine Not Found in
australis Crops Environments Marine
Environments

Hyalopteroides Aphis
humilis gossypii Naididae Lumbriculidae
Collection Sites: Species Comparison

Common across many collection sites:

● Worms (Oligochaeta)
● Ostracoda

Photo by Anna Syme

Denverton: Potrero:
● Wide variety of species ● Copepods
● Variety of insects (mostly larvae) ● Ostracods
○ Berosus, Chironomidae, Therevidae, ● Chironomidae (larvae)
Sciaridae, Ceratopogonidae, etc.
Wheeler:
● Cladocera eggs
● Ostracods
● Booklice (Liposcelis sp.) and springtail
(Hypogastrura nivicola)

● Worms (Oligochaeta, polychaeta) Goodyear:

● Cladocera eggs
● Nematoda ● Worms (Oligochaeta, polychaeta)
● Ostracoda ● Insect larvae (corixidae, beetles i.e.
● Copepods stenelmis, berosus)
Teal Club:
● Copepods
● Ostracods

Upper Joice: U.S. Geological Survey

● Copepods
● Ostracods
● Oligochaeta

Grizzly:
● Snail (gastropod) shells

MILCO:
● Worms (Oligochaeta, polychaeta) Fred G. Thompson
Future Applications

● Compare species abundance and/or prey shifts in the future

○ Environmental Changes
○ Invasive Species
● Examine how the overall food web structure may be changing
● Use as indication of water quality/properties
Research Skills

● Aquatic and Terrestrial Invertebrate Identification

● Using online databases to identify species
● Examining features/morphology based on photos
● Synthesizing data